Improvement in fence



. To all whom it 'mayconcerm in the county of Fulton, and State of Illinois, have I thatlthe followin gis a full and exact description thereof',

p and constructing the panels of aboard or picket-fence,

sisting stock or storms better than any 'similar fence L (one in middle,') lengthwise, on two of the trest-les, and. against the yrow of pins, I place two upright bars,

.. a pin, I place f fence-boards, (t an a a, .l usually tive in number, of any even lengths, as they come from the bars, I clinch-nail a short barge, leaving sufficient l space for the brace d to pass between them, through others, as t-he upright bar c is nailed to the top of the the boards.

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INMON"'BL.AGKABY, 0F CIVER,4 ILLINOIS. i

Letters .Patent No. 98,016, dated' December 21, 1869,

IMPROVEMENT In FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same Be it known that I, INMON BLACKABY, of Giver,

invented a` new and improved 4Method of Ooustruct ing a Board or Picket-Fence; and I do hereby declare reference `being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in so making that it, can be quickly and duralllyy made and put up by any ordinary laborer, and will stand erect, re-

lll'etofore made, and is perfectly adapted to uneven gI'Ound.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceedto describe its construction andA operation. I face three trestles with strips of iron, and insert pins, to regulate the openings inpanels. s

'lhe trestles being set to snit the length of boards,

b b, about four feet long. On these bars, one edge tov lumber-yard, for they do not need sawing, the three lower ones generally six inches, and two upper ones four inches wide..`

`On these str-ips I place the third upright bar e, when I fasten them all -with lwrouhij-nails whielrare clinched against facings of trest-les.

0n the inside oi', and parallel to the outer upright the upper space in panels. t

The third trestleshould be one inehhigher than boards, thus preventing the springing and jostling of Of snitablernaterial, either sawed or split, yI make the gronnd-sill f about three and one-half feet long,

with the upper side of one end notched, g, to receive the lower edge of panels or, in place of uotching, I nail blocks h h, on sill, between which panels may set.

` Theouter end of silll has a two-inch hole bored, through which an oak piu, i, is to be driven into the ground. l

A. brace, d, vabout five feet long, is bored at the upper end, for two pins, jj, Figure 2, one pin on either side of the panels.

When the `desired number of panels, sills, braces, and pins is made, and distributed along the line to be fenced, I place a sill for each length ot' panel, with long end alternating'on either side. I then set the ends of two panels in same notch in sill, bring panels to the line, and insert a brace between upright bars f each panel, and enter the pins on the opposite sides, having been careful that the distance between these pins and the width of the brace makes a perfect lock and fastening when the lower end is brought down to the sill, to the side of which itis nailed. The next panel` is then set up, the ends passing each other as before, so that brace d may enter space between each set of upright bars, and be pinned and nailed to sill C Zaivm.

I claim, as my inventionv "ihe panel a., sill f, short bar c, and brace d, constructed and arranged as and for the purpose specified.

INMON BLACKABY.

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DANIEL ABBOTT. 

